sznob

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English snob.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sznob (plural sznobok)

  1. snob (a person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sznob sznobok
accusative sznobot sznobokat
dative sznobnak sznoboknak
instrumental sznobbal sznobokkal
causal-final sznobért sznobokért
translative sznobbá sznobokká
terminative sznobig sznobokig
essive-formal sznobként sznobokként
essive-modal
inessive sznobban sznobokban
superessive sznobon sznobokon
adessive sznobnál sznoboknál
illative sznobba sznobokba
sublative sznobra sznobokra
allative sznobhoz sznobokhoz
elative sznobból sznobokból
delative sznobról sznobokról
ablative sznobtól sznoboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sznobé sznoboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sznobéi sznobokéi
Possessive forms of sznob
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sznobom sznobjaim
2nd person sing. sznobod sznobjaid
3rd person sing. sznobja sznobjai
1st person plural sznobunk sznobjaink
2nd person plural sznobotok sznobjaitok
3rd person plural sznobjuk sznobjaik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • sznob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN